Chapter 355 Forced To Be Apologized
"Since you trust Lara so much that you don't think that she will do something to harm others deliberately, shouldn't you let the criminal justice system intervene and find out the truth, to prove her innocence?"
Old Master Levine was suddenly at loss of words.
There were also a few guests on the side, who appeared to be enjoying the show.
"The Jordan Family and the Levine family seemed to be going head-to-head with each other."
"Only because of a child? Or is there something else?"
At this moment, Old Master Levine's expression suddenly changed.
He held his chest as he gasped rapidly. His face suddenly turned red, as if he couldn't breathe.
When all of the Levine family saw this, their faces suddenly changed as they all rushed over at once.
"Old Master Levine!"
"Dad!"
"Grandfather!"
"Quick, call the doctor!"
Fortunately, the doctor of the Levine family was always standing by. He did not leave immediately after seeing Anne. Instead, he had been waiting outside.
At this time, he rushed in, opened the first aid kit, and performed an emergency first aid on Old Master Levine.
Quinne was so anxious that she almost cried.
She turned to look at Clarissa and begged in a compassionate tone, "Young Madam Jordan, I know that you've never gotten along with Lara. She had done a lot of bad things in the past. Today, you finally are able to find fault in her, so you naturally don't want to let it slide easily.
"But today is dad's birthday party, a big day for him. I hope that you can forgive him, especially when he's in poor health."
If you are not satisfied with Lara's apology, I apologize to you on her behalf. Please forgive me. If you insist on getting to the bottom of the matter, you're effectively killing Old Master Levine!"
Next to him, Gillee also said with a sullen face, "Lara is a member of our family. She did something wrong, so I, as her uncle, am also responsible.
So if you want to find out the truth, you'd better come after me! Besides, Lara didn't intend to kill anyone. Since she has just returned to the Levine family, she was timid and afraid of being blamed and misunderstood.
"Today, if something bad really happened to Anne, I won't say a word if you want her to pay with her life. But in the current situation, Anne is fine after all. I also hope that you can show mercy to her and give her an out, so as to Old Master Levine."
As soon as Gillee finished his words, the audience burst into an uproar.
It was obvious that he was trying to make things very difficult for Clarissa by putting her in a dilemma. If she still cared about the relationship between the Levine family and the Jordan family, she would have no choice but to let Lara off the hook.
Clarissa didn't expect that things would turn out like this at the end of the day.
She looked at Gillee coldly and said in a deep voice, "Since you have already said that, wouldn't I be too cruel and heartless if I were to continue to pursue the matter?"
Old Madam Jordan also frowned and looked at the Levine family in disgust.
But in the end, for the sake of Old Master Levine, she did not say anything.
At this time, Old Master Jordan had already rushed to Old Master Levine's side to concern him.
Fortunately, the doctor was familiar with his condition, so he managed to save Old Master Levine over a short period of time. He got better after being fed with medicine.
"How are you feeling? How are you holding up?"
Old Master Levine nodded his head. He looked so much better now.
He looked up at Clarissa with no emotion in his turbid eyes.
"I'm glad if you could think of it that way. You can rest assured that I will return your favor today in the future. I will never let Anne suffer this grievance for nothing."
Clarissa smiled.
"I'm fine with it as long as you are in good health. After all, I just want justice, but that doesn't mean I should threaten somebody's life for that."
Old Master Levine was stunned again.
Any shrewd person could tell from her words that Clarissa was insinuating that Old Master Levine was threatening her with his own life.
But he could not refute her, because what she said was the truth.
Clarissa added, "As for this favor, you don't need to return it on her behalf. One must bear the consequences of his own acts. Since things have ended up this way, I will not pursue the matter legally, out of respect to you. However, I'm pretty sure Lara could come up with a better apology.
Even if Lara didn't deliberately use the butterfly toy to lure Anne into the water tonight, it was true that she fell into the water accidentally. It is also an indisputable fact that she had escaped when Anne was drowning.
Besides, after the incident had been exposed, she even tried to push all the blame to the servant. All of these had ruined the birthday banquet tonight.
"Not only should you apologize to Anne and me, but it seems that you should also apologize to Maggie, the maid, and all the guests whose moods are ruined by you. Don't you think so?"
"Clarissa, you!"
Lara almost couldn't hold back her anger and wanted to curse her.
However, when the words were about to come out of her mouth, she managed to control herself.
Old Master Levine's face was contorted with rage once again.
Gillee was looking angry too.
They were not fools and could see through Clarissa's intentions.
It was no longer a trivial matter for Lara to be the cause of the scandal on such an occasion today.
After tonight's event, everyone in the upper class of Flaucford would know about the incident tonight by the next afternoon.
By that time, Lara's reputation would be severely damaged.
But even so, with Old Master Levine as her rock, no matter how tarnished her reputation was, she was still the respected daughter of the Levine family.
Everyone knew that Old Master Levine favoured Lara. Even though they were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to say anything.
But tonight, if she could lower herself and apologize to all the guests and Maggie, things could be different.
One could imagine a noble lady like Lara, bowing to all the guests and servants whose identities were not as high as hers, and apologizing to them one by one. If words spread out, the face of the Levine family would be lost, it would be disgrace for the Levine family including Lara.
At that time, she would become a laughing stock!
Just like a clown, no matter how noble her status was, she would be ridiculed by others for the rest of her life for lowering herself to others!
This was something intolerable for people of high standing.
"Clarissa, isn't it a bit too much to do that..."
Gimmy also spoke in a timely manner.
Clarissa smiled and said, "Uncle Gimmy, when we were young, our teachers had taught us how to admit to our own mistakes and to make amends. At that time, we lived by such principles and believe that they were right."
"Why should it be any different just because we have grown up and changed into a different identity?"
What's more, I did it for your own good. After all, the Levine family is one of the four great families in Flaucford city. Many times, the manner in which we carry ourselves when we are out there, would not only affect us but the whole of our family.
If Lara could leave a drowning child behind just because she was afraid, it's hard to say if she would make a serious mistake in the future. But what if she made an irreparable mistake in future? Wouldn't it be too late to apologize for it?"
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